Hello everyone! I'm glad to introduce you this utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR(Master Boot Record) or PBR(Partition Boot Record), it's name is BOOTICE. Wish you like it.

With BOOTICE, you can easily change your MBR/PBR to another type. Supported boot records are: Grub4DOS, SysLinux, PLoP Boot Manager, MS NT52/60, .... For example, with this utility, you can install Grub4DOS to your MBR or PBR, install NTLDR or BOOTMGR to your PBR, install SYSLINUX to PBR, install the MS-DOS boot record to your PBR, and so on.

And, BOOTICE allows you to rename the boot file, e.g., you can rename Grub4DOS's boot file from "grldr" to "ggldr", NTLDR boot record's boot file, from "NTLDR" to "SMLDR" or sth. else you like.

It also has the ability to re-partition and format your flash disk drive. You can even seperate your flash disk to 2 partitions(only 1 is accessible in Windows, the other one is hidden for private data or boot images). And another useful function is to backup or restore your MBR/PBR of your disk.

2009-11-24:---------------------- 1. in the last version, when install NTLDR PBR through commandline, the last char of /boot_file parameter will be trimmed, this bug is now fixed; 2. the current label of a USB-FDD will be read out correctly now.

From the screenshots it seems like the grub4dos and Syslinux are "embedded" in the app, or am I mistaken?

Since both apps are frequently updated, it would be a nice feature in next release to add the possibility of using an external file for getting from a later version the grub4dos MBR or the Syslinux PBR.

Or, viceversa, there are some cases where it might be needed to revert to an older version.

From the screenshots it seems like the grub4dos and Syslinux are "embedded" in the app, or am I mistaken?

Since both apps are frequently updated, it would be a nice feature in next release to add the possibility of using an external file for getting from a later version the grub4dos MBR or the Syslinux PBR.

Or, viceversa, there are some cases where it might be needed to revert to an older version.

jaclaz

no .u'r not . bt AFAIK only mbr files is embedded in it . we have to copy grldr manually to usb or hdd.

pauly updates it whenever new G4D or syslinux version out .thats what he has been doing i guess .

From the screenshots it seems like the grub4dos and Syslinux are "embedded" in the app, or am I mistaken?

Since both apps are frequently updated, it would be a nice feature in next release to add the possibility of using an external file for getting from a later version the grub4dos MBR or the Syslinux PBR.

Yes, both grldr.mbr and ldlinux.bin are embedded in the app, but however, BOOTICE support reading external grldr.mbr and ldlinux.bin too. For example, if a file named grldr.mbr is in the same dir, BOOTICE will check this file, and if this check passes, it will use the external grldr.mbr file rather than the internal one.

The same mechanism to SYSLINUX, if a file named ldlinux.bin is in the same dir, it will be used.

Yes, both grldr.mbr and ldlinux.bin are embedded in the app, but however, BOOTICE support reading external grldr.mbr and ldlinux.bin too. For example, if a file named grldr.mbr is in the same dir, BOOTICE will check this file, and if this check passes, it will use the external grldr.mbr file rather than the internal one.

The same mechanism to SYSLINUX, if a file named ldlinux.bin is in the same dir, it will be used.